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If Xbox Game Bar on Windows 11 is misbehaving — failing to open, crashing during captures, or refusing to show overlays — a targeted reset is the fastest, least destructive way to restore its default behavior and recover recording functionality. Background / Overview Xbox Game Bar is a tightly...

Windows 11 version 25H2 is now rolling out as an enablement package and official ISOs have appeared on Microsoft’s servers, but installing the release on machines that don’t meet Microsoft’s strict hardware checks still requires one of several community workarounds — each with trade-offs in...

Uninstalling the Xbox Game Bar from Windows 11 is a quick way to remove an overlay you don’t use, reduce background activity on low‑spec machines, and eliminate potential overlay conflicts — and Windows gives you three primary removal paths: Settings (GUI), PowerShell (Appx), and the Windows...

The migration from Windows 10 to Windows 11 is no longer a distant IT project — it is a definable strategic opportunity that, when handled correctly, can deliver measurable security, productivity, and competitive gains for businesses across sectors. The recent CAJ News Africa briefing framing...

The Xbox Game Bar is the quickest way to capture gameplay or app activity on a Windows 11 PC without installing extra software, and the basics — from opening the overlay to saving MP4 clips in Videos\Captures — are straightforward and reliable for most users. Background Windows 11 ships with two...

Currently trying to figure out an awful issue my PC is having with audio input and output for seemingly no reason (I'm not the smartest with PCs) The correct input and output are selected, the cords are all situated right, and I even checked to see if my audio drivers were up to date, but...

EaseUS’ announcement this week positions the company’s backup and migration suite as a practical toolkit for users facing a hard deadline: Microsoft will end support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, and many machines will either need careful protection or a planned migration to Windows 11...

Microsoft is rolling out a targeted, AI-driven organizational upgrade to the Windows 11 Photos app that automatically sorts images into four practical categories — Screenshots, Receipts, Identity documents, and Notes — and the capability is being previewed for Windows Insiders on Copilot+ PCs as...

The Xbox Game Bar is one of the simplest yet most powerful built‑in utilities in Windows 11 — press a single key combo and you get an overlay for screenshots, recording, performance widgets, and (in recent builds) AI‑assisted gaming features — but small misconfigurations or updates can keep it...

Microsoft has quietly reintroduced the ability to run video files as desktop backgrounds in Windows 11 Insider builds, a modern reboot of the long‑forgotten Vista era “DreamScene” and a sign that native animated wallpaper support may soon be a standard personalization option for millions of...

Microsoft has started rolling a targeted AI-driven organizational upgrade to the Windows 11 Photos app that automatically groups images into four narrowly defined document-like categories — Screenshots, Receipts, Identity documents, and Notes — and the feature is currently being previewed for...

I have over 30 desktop computers running Windows 11 in the computer lab, when user login with the same local accounts and Microsoft Office 365 are installed on these desktop computers. While user want to use the Word, Excel, Power Point or other Office App on the desktop, login with Microsoft...

Microsoft has begun previewing an AI-powered organizational upgrade to the Photos app on Windows 11 that automatically sorts images into four focused categories—Screenshots, Receipts, Identity documents, and Notes—and is currently available for testing on Copilot+ PCs enrolled in the Windows...

Microsoft’s latest Canary‑channel flight for Windows 11 lands as a focused repair patch: Insider Preview Build 27954 restores legacy SMBv1 file‑share connectivity over NetBIOS (NetBT) while flagging two consequential known issues for specific audiences — kernel bugchecks on some Arm64 PCs and a...

Microsoft’s Copilot Vision is already one of those features that sounds like science fiction until you actually point a camera at a menu, or ask an AI to “read” two app windows at once and find the dates when you’re free for a baseball game — then it suddenly feels like tomorrow’s productivity...

Microsoft's push toward cloud-first sign-ins has made installing Windows 11 without a Microsoft account more awkward than it used to be, but practical workarounds remain that let privacy-minded users create a local account during OOBE (out‑of‑box experience) or pre-build installation media that...

I was forced to upgrade to Windows 11 after a hardware repair and watched a beloved game break mid‑event because of a series of automatic updates — an increasingly common experience that sits at the intersection of user frustration, corporate risk management, and the modern reality of a tightly...

Microsoft acknowledged that an August preview update and subsequent September rollups for Windows 11 introduced a regression that can prevent legally purchased Blu‑ray, DVD and some digital‑TV applications from playing DRM‑protected content, producing copyright errors, black screens, freezes or...

Three weeks is not a long time in the life of a PC, but when that window sits directly ahead of a fixed end-of-support deadline it becomes a hard stop: Windows 10 will stop receiving routine security and quality updates on October 14, 2025, and every Windows 10 user now has three practical...

Microsoft has quietly released the optional preview update KB5065790 for Windows 11 version 23H2 (Build 22631.5984), a compact quality rollup that fixes a handful of high‑impact reliability issues — notably a SIM PIN sign‑in freeze, multi‑monitor Remote Desktop shutdowns, problematic Chinese IME...